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Who Has More SEX: DEMOCRATS or REPUBLICANS? The Answer Might Surprise You!

A new study reveals that Republicans have sex more frequently than Democrats; perhaps a surprising result considering the Democrat obsession with various sexual orientations.

Professor Nicholas H. Wolfinger performed a study for the Institute for Family Studies based on the question of how political opinions can affect a person’s sex life.

“The answer is surprising,” says University of Utah professor Wolfinger, “Republicans have more sex than Democrats and cheat less on their spouses. Political independents have sex even more often than Republicans but cheat at the same rate Democrats do.”

“The results show that independents and Republicans are, respectively, 22% and 11% more likely to have weekly sex compared to Democrats (in other words, independents have the most sex and Democrats have the least). The absolute differences in sexual frequency aren’t large — only a few percentage points — but they are large enough to be statistically significant,” Wolfinger explained.

“Controlling only for survey year and basic demographic differences between respondents (age, sex, race/ethnicity), Republicans have 23% lower odds of cheating than do Democrats. The adultery gap between independents and Republicans is nearly as large,” Wolfinger said.

Wolfinger based his study on a question from the General Social Survey, asking respondents “about how often did you have sex during the last 12 months?” Wolfinger found that Independents are 22 percent more likely to have weekly sex than Democrats, while Republicans are 11 percent more likely after controlling for age, sex, ethnicity and year the survey was taken.

The reason that Republicans have more sex than Democrats probably comes from their higher marriage rates, Wolfinger explained.

Wolfinger also found that Republicans are about 23 percent less likely to cheat than Democrats. Independents and Democrats cheat at about the same rate, the study revealed.